POELLATH advises Ingentis Founders on sale to Carlyle

Ingentis develops software solutions for org charting, org design, and org analytics that enable organizations to continuously improve their organizational effectiveness and performance. The company was founded in 1997 and is active in more than 50 countries. Since 2022, Ingentis has been led by CEO Joachim Rotzinger. One year prior, in 2021, Maguar Capital became an investor. 

Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across its business and conducts its operations through three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Carlyle AlpInvest. Carlyle employs more than 2,300 people in 29 offices across four continents. As of March 31, 2025, Carlyle manages $453 billion (assets under management).

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Maguar was founded in 2019 by Matthias Ick, Gunther Thies, and Arno Poschik. Maguar focuses on investments in small and medium-sized B2B software companies primarily in the DACH region.

Ingentis was started by its four founders in 1997. In 2021 they took Maguar on board as majority shareholder. POELLATH advised on the transaction.

POELLATH (again) provided legal and tax advice to the Ingentis founders with the following team:

• Otto Haberstock (partner, lead, M&A, private equity)
• Alexander Pfefferler (counsel, M&A, private equity)
• Gerald Herrmann (associated partner, tax)
• Moritz Löffler (senior associate, M&A, private equity)